Content 16+ The universe, in its infinite wisdom (or lack thereof), operates under laws that are indisputably consistent. Drop an apple, and it will plummet with no regard for whether you are Newton or a hapless pedestrian beneath a fruit-bearing tree. The stars burn, the planets spin, and gravity persists, utterly indifferent to petitions for fairness. This brings us to the grand question: Is the universe governed by fairness, or … Read the rest
Today we welcome a new author of our blog, @elainej (Elaine Jiang，蒋绎藟) – meet Elaine!
starting with her short essays…and who knows what comes next!
By Elaine Jiang，蒋绎藟
Content 6+ I sit in front of my bedroom window and watch the sky as if I half-expected it to watch me back. Darkness has colored the city and there’s no star above at all, not one. But in my … Read the rest
Content 18+
I am blessed by the fact that my students and other friends are always sending me interesting things to read. One I got recently was an excellent article by a writer I hadn’t heard of named Cody Delistraty on the theme of what he termed the “relentless, competitive” quest for ‘Happiness” and how people today often make themselves miserable trying to obtain it.
I use the word “obtain” … Read the rest
Content 18+ Come to the world where huge factories poison air with chemical compounds capable of killing almost all known living organisms in the world; come to the world, where the most developed being is polluting the exclusive source of essential substance in the search of short-term comfort; come to the world, where machines are responsible for the support of the most intelligent beings on the planet, including customer support.… Read the rest
Content 18+ Cosmic wind was blowing dust, created billions of years ago. Of course, it was not an earthy wind produced by air movements, but the mighty power of gravity and thermonuclear reactions, forging cosmic objects in an infinite vastness of the Universe.
The dark round object was flying through one of the spirals of swirling interstellar clouds, silent and untouched.
An observer might notice the deep scar on one … Read the rest
